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National Weather Service Columbia SC
705 AM EDT Thu May 15 2025

SCZ027-152000-
Columbia Metropolitan Airport-Lexington SC
33.95N  81.12W Elev. 225 ft
705 AM EDT Thu May 15 2025

Date             Thu 05/15/25            Fri 05/16/25            Sat 05/17/25
EDT 3hrly     05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      89          71          94          74          91
Temp             72 81 87 88 83 76 74 71 73 85 92 94 88 80 78 75 75 83 89 90 85
Dewpt            66 67 66 65 68 67 67 67 68 71 72 71 71 72 69 68 67 70 71 71 70
RH               81 63 50 47 61 74 79 87 84 63 52 47 57 77 74 79 76 65 56 54 61
Wind dir         SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  W  W  W SW SW SW SW SW  W  W  W  W  W
Wind spd          3  5 10 10  5  4  4  4  4  5  8  9  5  4  3  4  6 10 12 12  9
Wind gust                 20                                     17    23 25
Clouds           FW CL FW SC FW SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC FW
PoP 12hr                      5           5           0           0          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                              S  S
Tstms                                                                      S
Heat index          83 89 90 86             90100101 94 84          87 95 96 90
Max heat               89    90               100   101    89          95    97


Date          Sun 05/18/25  Mon 05/19/25  Tue 05/20/25  Wed 05/21/25
EDT 6hrly     02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          68    90      66    91      67    89      68    89
Temp          74 69 87 83   71 70 88 84   70 69 87 84   71 70 87 82
Dewpt         67 66 66 67   65 64 65 67   67 63 66 68   66 67 70 69
PWind dir         W     W      NW     W      NE     E      SE     S
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC B1 B1 SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr          5    20       5    10       5    10      10    40
Rain shwrs                                                     S  C
Tstms                                                             C

$$
SCZ028-152000-
Columbia Owens Downtown Airport-Richland SC
33.97N  80.98W Elev. 212 ft
705 AM EDT Thu May 15 2025

Date             Thu 05/15/25            Fri 05/16/25            Sat 05/17/25
EDT 3hrly     05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      89          70          94          74          91
Temp             72 81 87 88 83 76 74 70 73 84 92 94 88 81 79 76 75 83 88 90 85
Dewpt            66 66 64 64 66 67 67 67 68 71 71 70 70 71 68 68 66 69 70 70 70
RH               81 60 46 45 57 74 79 90 84 65 51 46 55 72 69 76 74 63 55 52 61
Wind dir         SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  W  W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  W  W  W  W
Wind spd          3  5  9 10  4  3  3  3  3  5  6  9  5  3  3  3  5  9 11 11  8
Wind gust              19 20 14                                  16 19 23 25 18
Clouds           SC CL FW SC FW FW SC B2 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC FW
PoP 12hr                      5           5           0           5          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                              S  S
Tstms                                                                      S
Heat index          83 88 89 85             89 99100 93 85          87 93 96 90
Max heat               88    90                99   100    88          93    96


Date          Sun 05/18/25  Mon 05/19/25  Tue 05/20/25  Wed 05/21/25
EDT 6hrly     02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          68    89      66    90      67    89      68    88
Temp          73 71 87 83   70 69 88 83   70 69 87 83   71 70 86 82
Dewpt         67 66 64 66   65 63 64 67   66 63 65 66   66 67 69 68
PWind dir         W     W      NW    NW      NE     E      SE     S
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC B1 B1 SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr          5    20       5    10       5    10      10    40
Rain shwrs                                                     S  C
Tstms                                                             C

$$
SCZ031-152000-
Shaw Air Force Base-Sumter SC
33.97N  80.47W Elev. 242 ft
705 AM EDT Thu May 15 2025

Date             Thu 05/15/25            Fri 05/16/25            Sat 05/17/25
EDT 3hrly     05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      90          70          93          73          91
Temp             72 82 88 89 82 75 73 70 74 85 91 93 87 80 77 74 74 82 89 91 85
Dewpt            67 67 64 65 66 67 68 67 69 71 72 72 71 71 69 68 67 69 70 70 70
RH               84 61 45 45 58 76 84 90 84 63 54 51 59 74 76 82 79 65 54 50 61
Wind dir         SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  W  W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  W  W  W  W
Wind spd          4  6 10 11  4  3  4  4  5  6  6  9  4  4  3  4  8 11 12 13  8
Wind gust                    14                                              18
Clouds           SC FW FW SC SC FW SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC FW
PoP 12hr                     10           0           0           0          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs
Tstms
Heat index          85 89 91 84             90 99101 92 84          86 94 96 90
Max heat               89    91                99   101    88          95    97


Date          Sun 05/18/25  Mon 05/19/25  Tue 05/20/25  Wed 05/21/25
EDT 6hrly     02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          68    89      66    90      67    87      67    87
Temp          74 71 87 83   70 69 87 83   70 68 85 81   70 70 85 81
Dewpt         68 66 65 67   65 63 64 67   66 63 65 67   66 67 69 69
PWind dir         W     W      NW    NW      NW    NE      SE     S
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC B1 B1 B1   SC SC FW SC   SC SC SC SC   SC B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr          5    20       5    10       5    10       5    40
Rain shwrs                                                     S  C
Tstms                                                             C

$$
SCZ136-152000-
Orangeburg Municipal Airport-Orangeburg SC
33.45N  80.85W Elev. 197 ft
705 AM EDT Thu May 15 2025

Date             Thu 05/15/25            Fri 05/16/25            Sat 05/17/25
EDT 3hrly     05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      89          69          93          72          91
Temp             71 81 87 89 82 75 72 69 71 83 91 93 86 79 75 73 73 82 88 90 85
Dewpt            67 65 64 64 66 66 67 67 68 71 71 70 71 71 69 68 66 67 68 68 69
RH               87 58 46 44 58 74 84 93 90 67 52 47 61 77 82 84 79 61 52 49 59
Wind dir         SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  W  W  W SW SW SW SW SW SW  W  W  W  W
Wind spd          5  9 11 11  5  4  5  5  6  9  9 10  5  4  4  4  9 10 13 14  9
Wind gust                 21
Clouds           FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr                      5           5           0           0          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.02
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Heat index          83 88 90 84             88 98 99 91             85 92 94 89
Max heat               88    90                98    99    86          92    94


Date          Sun 05/18/25  Mon 05/19/25  Tue 05/20/25  Wed 05/21/25
EDT 6hrly     02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          68    88      66    90      67    89      67    88
Temp          73 70 86 82   70 69 88 83   70 69 87 82   70 70 86 81
Dewpt         68 67 64 66   65 65 64 67   67 66 65 67   67 67 68 68
PWind dir         W     W      NW    NW       E     E      SE     S
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC B1 B1 SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr          5    20       5    10       5    10       5    30
Rain shwrs                                                        C
Tstms                                                             C

$$
GAZ065-152000-
August Regional Airport at Bush Field-Richmond GA
33.37N  81.97W Elev. 148 ft
705 AM EDT Thu May 15 2025

Date             Thu 05/15/25            Fri 05/16/25            Sat 05/17/25
EDT 3hrly     05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      91          67          94          70          91
Temp             70 80 87 89 83 74 72 67 72 84 93 94 86 77 74 71 73 82 88 90 84
Dewpt            66 67 66 67 68 67 67 67 69 72 71 69 70 69 68 67 66 68 68 67 68
RH               87 65 50 48 61 79 84100 90 67 49 44 59 76 82 87 79 63 52 47 59
Wind dir         SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  W  W  W SW SW SW SW SW SW  W  W  W  W
Wind spd          5  8 10 11  5  4  3  4  4  8  9 10  5  4  3  4  8 10 13 14  9
Wind gust                 21
Clouds           FW FW SC SC SC FW FW B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC B1 SC B1 SC B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr                      5           0           0           0          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Heat index          82 89 92 86             90100 99 91             85 92 93 87
Max heat               89    92               100    99    87          92    94


Date          Sun 05/18/25  Mon 05/19/25  Tue 05/20/25  Wed 05/21/25
EDT 6hrly     02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          66    89      65    92      65    91      67    90
Temp          71 70 87 82   68 70 89 84   69 69 89 84   70 70 88 83
Dewpt         68 66 63 65   65 66 65 67   67 66 65 67   67 68 67 67
PWind dir         W     W       W    NW       N     E      SE     S
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC B1 B1 B1   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr          5    20       5    10       5    10       5    30
Rain shwrs                                                     S  C
Tstms                                                             C

$$
GAZ065-152000-
Augusta Daniel Field-Richmond GA
33.47N  82.03W Elev. 423 ft
705 AM EDT Thu May 15 2025

Date             Thu 05/15/25            Fri 05/16/25            Sat 05/17/25
EDT 3hrly     05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      89          72          93          73          90
Temp             71 79 86 88 84 79 76 72 71 83 90 93 88 80 77 75 73 80 87 89 85
Dewpt            65 65 65 65 66 67 67 68 68 70 70 68 68 69 67 66 65 68 67 67 67
RH               81 62 50 47 55 67 74 87 90 65 52 44 52 69 71 74 76 67 52 48 55
Wind dir         SW SW SW SW SW SW  W SW  W  W  W SW SW SW SW SW SW  W  W  W  W
Wind spd          6  8 10  9  5  5  5  5  5  8  8  9  5  4  4  5  8 10 11 11  8
Wind gust                 19                                           21 21
Clouds           FW FW SC SC FW SC FW B1 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC B1 SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr                      5           0           0           0          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.01
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                              S  S
Tstms                                                                      S
Heat index             88 90 86             87 96 97 92 83          83 90 92 88
Max heat               88    90    84          96    97    87          90    92


Date          Sun 05/18/25  Mon 05/19/25  Tue 05/20/25  Wed 05/21/25
EDT 6hrly     02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          70    88      69    91      69    90      71    89
Temp          75 70 86 84   73 70 88 85   73 70 87 85   73 72 87 84
Dewpt         67 66 62 62   65 65 64 65   66 66 65 65   66 67 66 66
PWind dir         W     W       W    NW       N     E      SE     S
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC B1 B1 B1   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr          5    20       5    10       5    10      10    30
Rain shwrs                                                     S  C
Tstms                                                             C

$$
SCZ116-152000-
Lancaster County Airport-Lancaster SC
34.72N  80.86W Elev. 486 ft
705 AM EDT Thu May 15 2025

Date             Thu 05/15/25            Fri 05/16/25            Sat 05/17/25
EDT 3hrly     05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      87          69          91          72          88
Temp             69 80 85 86 79 72 70 69 72 84 90 91 83 78 76 72 73 80 86 87 81
Dewpt            67 68 66 66 67 67 67 66 69 71 70 70 70 70 69 68 69 69 69 68 67
RH               93 67 53 51 67 84 90 90 90 65 52 50 65 76 79 87 87 69 57 53 63
Wind dir         SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  W  W  W
Wind spd          1  5 10  9  1  1  1  1  2  4  5  6  3  3  2  3  8 10 13 12  6
Wind gust                    12                               13    20    23 17
Clouds           SC FW SC SC FW SC SC B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 SC FW FW
PoP 12hr                     10           5           5           5          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                              S  S
Tstms                                                                      S
Heat index          83 87 88                89 96 97 87             83 90 91 83
Max heat               87    88                96    97    87          90    91


Date          Sun 05/18/25  Mon 05/19/25  Tue 05/20/25  Wed 05/21/25
EDT 6hrly     02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          66    86      63    87      64    84      65    83
Temp          69 68 84 79   66 65 85 80   66 65 82 77   67 67 81 77
Dewpt         63 64 62 64   62 62 63 66   63 61 62 65   63 64 67 67
PWind dir         W     W      NW    NW      NE     E      SE     S
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC B1 B1 SC   SC SC FW SC   SC SC SC SC   B1 B2 B1 B1
PoP 12hr          0    20       5    10       5    10      10    40
Rain shwrs                                                     S  C
Tstms                                                             C

$$
SCZ020-152000-
Newberry County Airport-Newberry SC
34.30N  81.64W Elev. 570 ft
705 AM EDT Thu May 15 2025

Date             Thu 05/15/25            Fri 05/16/25            Sat 05/17/25
EDT 3hrly     05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      87          69          91          71          88
Temp             69 79 85 85 81 74 72 69 72 83 90 91 84 77 75 73 72 80 86 88 82
Dewpt            66 67 66 66 68 67 67 67 68 71 72 71 70 70 68 67 67 70 70 69 69
RH               90 67 53 53 65 79 84 93 87 67 56 52 63 79 79 81 84 72 59 54 65
Wind dir         SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  W  W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  W  W  W  W
Wind spd          5  6 10 10  5  5  5  5  5  6  8  9  6  5  4  5  9 11 13 14  9
Wind gust           17    20                                     19 21 24 25
Clouds           FW FW SC B1 SC SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW
PoP 12hr                      0           5           0           5          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                              S  S
Tstms                                                                      S
Heat index             87 87 83             87 96 97 88             83 91 92 85
Max heat               88    89                97    98    87          91    94


Date          Sun 05/18/25  Mon 05/19/25  Tue 05/20/25  Wed 05/21/25
EDT 6hrly     02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          65    86      64    88      65    87      67    85
Temp          71 67 84 80   68 67 86 81   68 67 85 80   70 69 83 79
Dewpt         65 64 64 67   64 63 65 68   66 63 65 68   65 67 68 69
PWind dir         W     W      NW     W       N     E      SE     S
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC B1 B1 SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr          5    20       5    10       5    10      10    40
Rain shwrs                                                     S  C
Tstms                                                             C

$$
SCZ010-152000-
McCormick County Airport-McCormick SC
33.92N  82.30W Elev. 459 ft
705 AM EDT Thu May 15 2025

Date             Thu 05/15/25            Fri 05/16/25            Sat 05/17/25
EDT 3hrly     05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      88          69          92          70          90
Temp             69 79 84 86 81 74 72 69 71 83 90 92 84 77 74 72 71 81 87 89 83
Dewpt            66 67 67 67 68 67 67 67 69 72 73 70 70 70 68 67 67 71 72 70 70
RH               90 67 57 53 65 79 84 93 93 70 58 49 63 79 82 84 87 72 61 54 65
Wind dir         SW SW SW  W SW SW SW SW  W  W  W SW SW  S SW SW SW  W  W  W  W
Wind spd          3  5  6  6  2  2  2  3  4  5  6  8  3  4  2  2  5  8 10  9  5
Wind gust              18 18 12                                     19 21 21
Clouds           CL FW SC B1 FW FW SC B1 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC B1 SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           5          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.02
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                              S  S
Tstms                                                                      S
Heat index             87 89 84             88 98 98 88             85 94 94 87
Max heat               87    89                98    98    86          94    95


Date          Sun 05/18/25  Mon 05/19/25  Tue 05/20/25  Wed 05/21/25
EDT 6hrly     02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          66    88      65    89      66    89      68    88
Temp          70 68 86 81   68 67 87 82   69 68 87 83   70 70 86 81
Dewpt         66 66 67 67   65 65 68 69   67 66 68 70   66 68 71 70
PWind dir         W     W       W     W       N     E      SE     S
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC B1 B1 B1   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr          5    20       5    10       5    10      10    30
Rain shwrs                                                        C
Tstms                                                             C

$$